Basic Options

Application Options

update update configured repositories --force force sync regardless repositories status
repomanage your repositories
enable enable given repository
disable disable given repository
notice [repos] repository notice board reader
status show respositories status
searchsearch packages in repositoriesmatchmatch a package in repositories--multimatch return all the possible matches
--multirepo return matches from every repository
--showrepo print repository information (w/--quiet)
--showdesc print description too (w/--quiet)
hop <branch> upgrade your distribution to a new release (branch)upgradeupdate system with the latest available packages--ask ask before making any changes
--fetch just download packages
--pretend only show what would be done
--verbose show more details about what is going on
--replay reinstall all the packages and their dependencies
--empty same as --replay
--resume resume previously interrupted operations
--skipfirst used with --resume, makes the first package to be skipped
--nochecksum disable package integrity check
--multifetch download multiple packages in parallel (default 3)
--multifetch=N download N packages in parallel (max 10)
security security infrastructure functionsupdate download the latest Security Advisories
--force force download even if already up-to-date
list list all the available Security Advisories
--affected list only affected
--unaffected list only unaffected
info show information about provided advisories identifiers
install automatically install all the available security updates
--ask ask before making any changes
--fetch just download packages
--pretend just show what would be done
--quiet show less details (useful for scripting)
install install atoms or binary packages --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
--fetch just download packages without doing the install
--nodeps do not pull in any dependency
--bdeps also pull in build-time dependencies
--resume resume previously interrupted operations
--skipfirst used with --resume, makes the first package in queue to be skipped
--clean remove downloaded packages after being used
--empty pull all the dependencies in, regardless their state
--relaxed calm down dependencies resolution algorithm (might be risky)
--deep makes dependency rules stricter
--verbose show more details about what is going on
--configfiles makes old configuration files to be removed
--nochecksum disable package integrity check
--multifetch download multiple packages in parallel (default 3)
--multifetch=N download N packages in parallel (max 10)
source download atoms source code --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
--nodeps do not pull in any dependency
--relaxed calm down dependencies resolution algorithm (might be risky)
--savehere save sources in current working directory
fetch just download packages without doing the install --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
--nodeps do not pull in any dependency
--relaxed calm down dependencies resolution algorithm (might be risky)
--multifetch download multiple packages in parallel (default 3)
--multifetch=N download N packages in parallel (max 10)
remove remove one or more packages --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
--nodeps do not pull in any dependency
--deep also pull unused dependencies where reverse deps list is empty
--configfiles makes configuration files to be removed
--resume resume previously interrupted operations
mask mask one or more packages --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
unmask unmask one or more packages --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
configconfigure one or more installed packages --ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
deptest look for unsatisfied dependencies --quiet show less details (useful for scripting)
--ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
unusedpackages look for unused packages (pay attention) --quiet show less details (useful for scripting)
--sortbysize sort packages by disk size
libtest look for missing libraries --dump dump results to files
--listfiles print broken files to stdout
--quiet show less details (useful for scripting)
--ask ask before making any changes
--pretend just show what would be done
conf configuration files update tool info show configuration files to be updated
update run the configuration files update function
query do misc queries on repository and local databases belongs search from what package a file belongs
changelog show packages changelog
revdeps search what packages depend on the provided atoms
description search packages by description
files show files owned by the provided atoms
installed search a package into the local database
license show packages owning the provided licenses
list list packages based on the chosen parameter below
installed list installed packages
available[repos] list available packages
needed show runtime libraries needed by the provided atoms
orphans search files that do not belong to any package
removal show the removal tree for the specified atoms
required show atoms needing the provided libraries
sets search available package sets
slot show packages owning the provided slot
tags show packages owning the provided tags
graph show direct depdendencies tree for provided installable atoms
--complete include system packages, build deps and circularity information
revgraph show reverse depdendencies tree for provided installed atoms
--complete include system packages, build deps and circularity information
--verbose show more details
--quiet print results in a scriptable way